sort

Sort the vector or matrix x.

Usage

sort(mode, x {, i })

mode

specifies the sort direction and selects if x is sorted by the values of a row or column

x

vector or matrix to be sorted; must be a matrix if mode>1

i

row or column containing the sort data; depends on mode (default=0)

Result

The sorted vector or matrix x.

mode	i	description
0	column index	sort rows of x ascending by the values of column i
1	column index	sort rows of x descending by the values of column i
2	row index	sort columns of x ascending by the values of row i
3	row index	sort columns of x descending by the values of row i

See also

median, sample, shuffle

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